this will soon be available as a kit,
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Wow! That is some project for sure.
I find the continuing emergence of 1/35 helicopters quite encouraging.
Hmmm… it´s the French version. Lets hope they do the German Army UHT version, too.
And the Aussie one, too.
Hachecka is one of my new favorite 3D kit producers. They are doing interested and unusual subjects, and their production standards are some of the highest I’ve seen, with high quality printing, 3D printed clear parts as needed, excellent packaging and protection of the parts, very well-done instructions and decals included as necessary.
How is the pricing?
I think the kits are probably priced slightly more then what you might find from other producers, but I think it is worth paying more for a quality product - a proper box, proper instructions, printing parts with adequate protection around them so they don’t get damaged, including decals, etc. Personally, I don’t build these kits right away, and I’ve purchased so many 3D printed kits now where the parts are just shoved in the shipping box and that’s it - no separate box, very little part protection, etc. So now I’ve started saving all appropriately “Kit” sized boxes to use for these kits when I purchase them. And download and print instructions to put in said box, or download pictures of the kit so I know how to build it, etc. So I appreciate the effort that Hachecka is putting into releasing complete products, right down to the box, and don’t mind paying a bit more for that.
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Hachecka Prints is a new company to me. Where can I see a catalog and/or find their kits?
EDIT: Found their website: www.hacheckaprints.com
I’ve had a few of these on my list. Heller was never going to bring us good, modern French soldiers.
Even so, my thoughts were to just use a US figure in BDUs for the theodolite. My team leader and I once surveyed land for a drop zone, he being an actual surveyor. Not exactly how they teach it in the Jumpmaster course, but more accurate.
I seem to recall ours having a plumb line.
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From the looks of it, you need figure 3 to get a theodolite as that is a level.
Might get these figures as you don’t see any survey crews but the shipping is a killer.
I’m not a surveyor. I know he tossed the word around more than once, but I don’t know what we actually used. I mainly carried the balloons, but I was getting paid good money for it.
I still say the easier way to survey a drop zone is with a map and a compass.
I’m glad he was a good surveyer in his civilian job, because he sucked as a team leader.
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That is a theodolite. They use something similar today. This photo is from 2018.
We had something similar to yours but also had an old school model, T16.
Like most things, it depends on the application and accuracy needs. A compass and map is probably good enough for a drop zone. Building a runway, not so much.
Blacksnake-model.com do good modern French figures,
So the guy in the above photo actually did teach me a lot about surveying, and while I did carry the balloons, I did do a lot of the work as well. But the best thing he did was recommend a book to me. An excellent read for those interested in that sort of thing:
Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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This is a big yes! I saw the Tigre flying several times over our house in France while we were there on vacation. That was quite the sight.
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